Telephone-receiver attachment.



G. J. ARPSTEN. TELEPHONE RECEIVER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1914.

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TELEPHONE-RECEIVER ATTACHMENT.

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Application filed April 20, 1914. Serial No. 833,247.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. ARFSTEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado. haveinvented a new and useful Telephone-Receiver Attachment, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in telephone receiverattachments, one object of the invention being the provision of a meanswhereby a tablet of sanitary paper is properly attached to the earengaging portion of the receiver, so that each time the receiver isused, the user may remove a sheet of paper and thereby present a cleansurface to the next user.

A further object of the present invention, is the provision of a novelsupporting means for carrying the tablet of paper, and for disposing thesame so that the aperture therethrough will be disposed coaxially withthe aperture through the removablecap of the receiver. Y

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescriptionproceeds, the invention resideslin the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope'of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ear engaging portionof the receiver with the present attachment applied, the tablet beingshown in cross section. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the ear engagingportion of the receiver with the present attachment in place. Fig. 3 isa perspective view of the tablet carrying member the'present"attachment.

Referring to the drawings, R designates the receiver, which has disposedabout the reduced portion at the rear of the ear engaging portion of thereceiver, the open clamp ing band 1, having the two aperturedterminals 2for the reception of the clamping screw 3. Two diverging arms 4 arecarried by the band v1 at diametrically opposite points, the outerterminals of such arms 4 being constructed to terminate at a point atthe rear of the removable cap 0 of the re- T ceiver at which point,thehinges 5 properly Specification of Letters Patent.

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connect for swinging movment the two arms 6. .The outer ends of the arms6 are inturnedas'at 7 so that such arms may be pro jected throughtheapertures 8 of the relatively stiff plate 9 so as to engage the innerside thereof and thus support the tablet 11 in proper position, so thatthe outside sheet 12 of said tablet will be disposed in ear engagingposition when the receiver is placed in use. The supporting board 9 andthe tablet are provided respectively with the apertures 10 and 13, suchapertures being disposed coaxially with the aperture (not shown) of thereceiver cap C.

The sheets l2 of the tablet may be attachedin any well known manner, butare preferably attached at the reduced portions 14 so that the same maybe readily removed a sheet at a time to thus present a clean sheet tothe ear of the user.

By attaching the sheets of the tablet at diametrically opposite pointsabout the reduced portion as 'at 14, the free edges thereof are readilyengaged by the finger. of the user and thus each sheet is present aclean sheet.

What is claimed is: 1. A sanitary attachment for telephone receivers,comprising a plurality of sheets in the form of a pad provided with acentral opening therethrough. said pad having a stiff back and such backbeing provided with a plurality of openings therethrough, a receivergripping clamp, a plurality of arms carried by the clamp. and a hingedmember having a hooked terminal connected to each arm for disposition inone of the openings of quickly removed to the stiff back, whereby thepad is held relatively to the receiver.

2. A sanitary attachment for receivers, comprising a pad provided with acentral opening therethrough. said pad having a back and such back beingpro vided with two diametrically disposed openings therethrough, areceiver gripping clamp. two arms carried by the clamp, and'a hingedmember having a hooked terminal connected to each arm ford sposition inone of the openings ofthe stifi back, whereby the pad is held relativelyto the receiver.

3. A sanitary pad carrying device for telephone -receivers, including anopen band for-disposition upon the handle of the re- I ceiver, twooutwardly curved arms attached telephone to the band at diametricallyopposite points my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature and at pointssubstantially at right angles to in the presence of two witnesses.

the openin of the band and two L-shaped 4 4 4 members h ingedlyconnected to the termi- GEORGE ARFSTEN' 5 nals of the arms with thehooks disposed Witnesses:

toward each other. ARFST J. ARFsTEN, In. testimony that I claim theforegoing as Rosnm ARFSTEN.

